Press Releases
Explore the Ruby Mountain area for rocks and gems(0)
On Saturday, May 5 the Greater Arkansas River Nature Association (GARNA) is offering a geology and gem exploration program and accompanying hike in the Ruby Mountain area of Brown’s Canyon Wilderness Study area. Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area volunteer geologist Bob Hickey will talk about the rock formations in the Ruby Mountain area and then lead [...]
GARNA sponsors sustainable high-altitude gardening series(0)
This five week course will cover everything gardeners need to know to plan and prepare for a fruitful high-altitude garden. Instructor Maggie Gaddis, M.S. teaches biology at Colorado Mountain College and Colorado Community Colleges online. She formerly owned a landscaping business in Colorado and has maintained gardens from 5 to 10,000 ft. in elevation. She [...]
2012 Fitness Challenge(0)
Salida Recreation is proud to announce the improved and extended 2012 Fitness Challenge! In partnership with LiveWell Chaffee County, we are offering 2 months of free fitness classes and health and nutrition seminars during January and February. Join us each week to try a new workout, or learn a fresh perspective on staying healthy. Stop [...]
Presenting the 2011 Living Green Home Event(0)
See…a home sculpted into a hillside; a home heated using geothermal water; a production home modified to be a Net-Zero energy home…and more.
Small mountain owls of Colorado(0)
On Thursday, September 8, GARNA will present a program on small mountain owls. The presentation will be led by author, artist, bird rehabilitator and bird bander Scott Rashid. Scott has been working with birds such as hawks, falcons, owls, hummingbirds and a variety of songbirds for the past 20 years. He the author of numerous [...]
Finding fault in the San Luis Valley(0)
On Saturday, September 10 geologist Jim McCalpin will lead a driving loop field trip at the north end of the San Luis Valley. The group will stop to look at evidence of the geologically-recent creation of the Rio Grande Rift and the San Luis Valley by down-dropping along the Sangre de Cristo fault. This is [...]
Prepare for winter with preserving and canning class(0)
On Wednesday, August 24, join GARNA, Central Colorado Foodshed Alliance and CSU extension personnel to learn how to prepare for the upcoming winter months by canning fresh produce. Instructions for preserving food will be covered and participants will learn to cook and can food items. The class will be held from 6:00 until 9:00 p.m. [...]
Digital photography workshop to be offered(0)
On Saturday, August 7, Ed Berg, local photographer, will teach the basic rules of composition and lighting in photography while focusing on discovering and observing imagery that pleases the eye. The group will experiment with ways to capture and communicate observations of the natural world. The workshop will take place from 8:00 a.m. until 3:00 [...]
BLM Approves Over the River(7)
improvements in impacts to traffic flow, bighorn sheep and other issues lead BLM to give green light to art installation on the Arkansas River.
Identifying alpine wildflowers(0)
On Saturday, July 16 join Marilyn Moore on Cottonwood Pass to identify flowers of the alpine tundra and learn how these exquisite jewels of the plant world survive and thrive in one of the harshest environments on Earth.
Dr. Colorado presents “High on the Arkansas: a Liquid History”(1)
Join Chaffee County Heritage the evening before the Colorado Brewer’s Rendezvous on Friday, July 8 for “High on the Arkansas: a Liquid History.” A presentation and slide show on the colorful social history of the local saloons in the Arkansas River Valley will be led by noted historian Dr. Tom Noel. A barfly himself, Dr. [...]
High Rollers hold recruitment and scrimmage in July(0)
The Ark Valley High Rollers (AVHR) roller derby team is hosting a scrimmage and beginning a fresh round of training for beginners in July. AVHR now has a total of 28 skaters which has allowed them to split into two home teams so they can scrimmage and bout each other. On July 7th at 7pm, [...]
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